10:00 - 10:15 Coffee

10:15 - 10:30 Introduction

Colin Milburn (English and STS, UC Davis) and Mario Biagioli (Law and STS, UC Davis)

Nanovation at UC Davis

Paul Dodd (Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research & Strategic Initiatives, UC Davis)

10:30 - 11:30 Distributed Innovation/Governance of Nanotechnology—Mind the Slash!

Arie Rip (Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies, School of Management and Governance, University of Twente)

11:30 - 12:15 Lunch

12:15 - 1:15 Openness and Innovation

Christopher Kelty (Department of Information Studies and Center for Society & Genetics, UCLA), "The Limits of Openness in Science"

Jonathan Eisen (Department of Evolution and Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, and UC Davis Genome Center, UC Davis), "Science Works Best when Open"

1:15 - 2:15 Boundary Labeling During Field Emergence: Inclusion and Exclusion in Nanotechnology

Stine Grodal (School of Management, Boston University)

2:15 - 2:30 Break

2:30 - 3:30 Nanotechnoscience R&D in an Era of Epicurean Intellectual Property

Michael Bennett (School of Law, Northeastern University)

3:30 - 4:00 Concluding Remarks

Steven Currall (Dean, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis)

4:00 - 5:00 Reception

Please RSVP for lunch & reception.

Sponsored by the Center for Science & Innovation Studies, the Humanities Innovation Lab, the Program in Science & Technology Studies, and the School of Law.